The Last Hurrah

Day #12:  Our last day in Key West and we made the best of it.  After a quick Home Depot stop for boat supplies we visit Fort Zachary Taylor--built in 1845 for coastal defense.  Just guessing, but I'll bet it's better to be a tourist here than to have been stationed here!   

The Fort is now within a very nice park and next to a beautiful beach.  After all the strenuous work climbing the embattlements we rewarded ourselves with lunch at the beachfront cafe.  Next up was a tour of Ernest Hemingway's house.  It's known for six toed cats, wife number two (of four) who liked fancy chandeliers, and for the fact that its pool was the first in the Keys and cost 2.5 times more than the house.  Oh yea, it's also know for being the place that Hemingway did his best writing. 

We've enjoyed Key West but tomorrow we cut the dock lines and start heading east.  Still holding at 195nm. DBH